The Influence of the Big-Five Personality Traits Dimensions on Knowledge Sharing Behavior

The purpose of this paper is to examine the interrelationships among various interpersonal psychological factors to explain their effect on knowledge sharing behaviors at workplace. A sample of 450 employees was drawn from knowledge based industries. To tap the information regarding performance on knowledge sharing, Big Five personality, Emotional intelligence and work engagement, Knowledge Sharing Behavior (KSB) scale by Yi (2009)56, Big Five personality traits scale by Gosling et. al. (2003)21, Workgroup Emotional Intelligence Profile (WEIP-S) by Jordan & Lawrence (2009)26 and Utrecht Work Engagement Scale by Schaufeli et. al. (2003)46 have been used. Partial Least Square technique of Structural Equation Modeling was applied using SmartPLS 2.0.M3 to understand the proposed relationships. Findings show the prominence of conscientiousness among Big Five personality traits to explain knowledge sharing behaviors at workplace (Total Effect of conscientiousness on knowledge sharing being 0.5246 significant at p<0.01). Emotional intelligence proves to be the most important mediator of the relationship between Big Five traits, except agreeableness, and knowledge sharing. Even though work engagement is found to be a significant predictor of knowledge sharing (Total Effect of work engagement on knowledge sharing being 0.1698, significant at p<0.01), its role as a mediator is minor. Although the paper has certain limitations, nevertheless, this is the first study to consider the relationship between personality, emotional intelligence, work engagement and knowledge sharing in a single study and making us understand the interacting and mediating role of emotional intelligence and work engagement to explain knowledge sharing.

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Extrinsic and Intrinsic Motivations as Mediator of Big Five Personality and Knowledge Sharing

Global Journal of Enterprise Information System ◽

10.18311/gjeis/2017/15617 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. 13 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Namita Rajput ◽

Amogh Talan

Keyword(s):

Intrinsic Motivation ◽

Personality Traits ◽

Knowledge Sharing ◽

Big Five ◽

Extrinsic Motivation ◽

Big Five Personality Traits ◽

Partial Least Square ◽

Total Effect ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Big Five Personality

The purpose of this research is to examine the interrelationships among various interpersonal psychological factors to explain their effect on knowledge sharing behaviors at workplace. A sample of 450 employees was drawn from knowledge based industries. To tap the information regarding performance on knowledge sharing, Big Five personality, and motivation, Knowledge Sharing Behavior (KSB) scale by Yi (2009)62, Big Five personality traits scale by Gosling et. al. (2003)27, extrinsic and intrinsic motivation scale by Lin (2007)40, were used. ‘Partial Least Square’ technique of ‘Structural Equation Modeling’ was applied using ‘SmartPLS 2.0.M3’ to understand the proposed relationships. Findings show the prominence of conscientiousness among ‘Big Five personality traits’ to explain knowledge sharing behaviors at workplace (Total Effect of ‘conscientiousness’ on ‘knowledge sharing’ being 0.5246 significant at p<0.01). ‘Intrinsic motivation’ is found to be a better predictor of ‘knowledge sharing’ than the ‘extrinsic motivation’ (Total Effect of ‘intrinsic motivation’ on ‘knowledge sharing’ being 0.3195, while that of ‘extrinsic motivation’ on ‘knowledge sharing’ being 0.1274, both significant at p<0.01). Both ‘extrinsic’ and ‘intrinsic motivation’ were found to mediate the relation between certain ‘personality traits’ and ‘knowledge sharing’. Although the paper has certain limitations, nevertheless, this is the first study to consider the relationship between ‘personality’, ‘motivation’ and ‘knowledge sharing’ in a single study and making us understand the interacting and mediating role of ‘motivation’ to explain ‘knowledge sharing’.

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Knowledge sharing among teachers: the role of the Big Five Personality traits

VINE Journal of Information and Knowledge Management Systems ◽

10.1108/vjikms-12-2014-0066 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 46 (1) ◽

pp. 64-84 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

Franklin Gyamfi Agyemang ◽

Michael Dzigbordi Dzandu ◽

Henry Boateng

Keyword(s):

Personality Traits ◽

Knowledge Sharing ◽

Big Five ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Final Analysis ◽

Analysis Data ◽

Big Five Personality Traits ◽

Big Five Personality ◽

Sampling Frame ◽

Content Type

Purpose – The purpose of this study was to ascertain the effect of personality traits on knowledge-sharing attitude and behaviour among teachers. Design/methodology/approach – The study employed a survey research. Convenience sampling technique was used to select the sample of 300 respondents out of which 247 was used in the final analysis. Data was analysed using hierarchical regression. Findings – The results indicate that the Big Five Personality traits have effects on knowledge-sharing attitude and behaviour of teachers. With the exception of conscientiousness trait, all the traits used in this study cause a significant change in the variations of the knowledge-sharing attitude and behaviour of the teachers. Research limitations/implications – The main limitation of the study is the use of the convenient sampling technique in choosing the subject; however, this was because there was no sampling frame, making it difficult to use probability-sampling technique. Originality value – This study contributes to the growing literature on the relationships among personality traits and knowledge sharing attitude and behaviour.

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Intelligence and Personality

Journal of Individual Differences ◽

10.1027/1614-0001/a000311 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 41 (3) ◽

pp. 124-132

Author(s):

Marc-André Bédard ◽

Yann Le Corff

Keyword(s):

Personality Traits ◽

Big Five ◽

Real Life ◽

Big Five Personality Traits ◽

Original Study ◽

Life Assessment ◽

Big Five Personality ◽

Verbal Intelligence ◽

Nonverbal Intelligence ◽

French Canadian

Abstract. This replication and extension of DeYoung, Quilty, Peterson, and Gray’s (2014) study aimed to assess the unique variance of each of the 10 aspects of the Big Five personality traits ( DeYoung, Quilty, & Peterson, 2007 ) associated with intelligence and its dimensions. Personality aspects and intelligence were assessed in a sample of French-Canadian adults from real-life assessment settings ( n = 213). Results showed that the Intellect aspect was independently associated with g, verbal, and nonverbal intelligence while its counterpart Openness was independently related to verbal intelligence only, thus replicating the results of the original study. Independent associations were also found between Withdrawal, Industriousness and Assertiveness aspects and verbal intelligence, as well as between Withdrawal and Politeness aspects and nonverbal intelligence. Possible explanations for these associations are discussed.

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Personality of Clown Doctors

Journal of Individual Differences ◽

10.1027/1614-0001/a000187 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 37 (1) ◽

pp. 49-55 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Alberto Dionigi

Keyword(s):

General Population ◽

Personality Traits ◽

Big Five ◽

Normal Population ◽

Big Five Personality Traits ◽

Published Data ◽

Big Five Personality

Abstract. In recent years, both professional and volunteer clowns have become familiar in health settings. The clown represents a peculiar humorist’s character, strictly associated with the performer’s own personality. In this study, the Big Five personality traits (BFI) of 155 Italian clown doctors (130 volunteers and 25 professionals) were compared to published data for the normal population. This study highlighted specific differences between clown doctors and the general population: Clown doctors showed higher agreeableness, conscientiousness, openness, and extraversion, as well as lower neuroticism compared to other people. Moreover, specific differences emerged comparing volunteers and professionals: Professional clowns showed significantly lower in agreeableness compared to their unpaid colleagues. The results are also discussed with reference to previous studies conducted on groups of humorists. Clowns’ personalities showed some peculiarities that can help to explain the facility for their performances in the health setting and that are different than those of other groups of humorists.

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